Bug 198141

Summary:	net-firewall/iptables extra dependency
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Michael Krelin <gentoodoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Michael Krelin 2007-11-05 08:24:20 UTC

I think USE-less iptables wrongly depends on kernel sources (I believe due to linux-info eclass). The ebuild itself only wants sources with imq or l7filter USE-flags and I used to have it on VPS system with no kernel sources. Now it insists on installing kernel sources which I'm reluctant to waste space on...

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-05 08:28:15 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 120233 ***

Comment 2 Michael Krelin 2007-11-05 08:35:05 UTC

If it's wontfix for linux-info eclass, I'd think that iptables shouldn't inherit it...

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-05 08:43:53 UTC

The inherit is needed and can't be conditional on USE flags.

Comment 4 Michael Krelin 2007-11-05 08:47:35 UTC

It's not up to me to decide, all I know is that linux-sources aren't needed and anything but fixing it either in ebuild or eclass is just a workaround. I *will* work around it and I won't insist on fixing it in tree, but I *will* consider it a bug ;-)